Thursday Thoughts

L a u n c h i n g P l a c e P r i m a r y S c h o o l

Issue 24

Date: 8th August 2019

Student Absent

Hot Line Number

5964 7783 Launching Place Primary School

20A Carter Street Launching Place 3139

Telephone 5964 7783 Fax 5964 6171

Email launching.place.ps@edumail.vic.gov.au

ABN 96 199 518 803

Term 3

August

9th -5/6 Hooptime

17th - Aerobics Nationals

19th - K/P transition 2.45 -

3.30pm

20th-3/4 Hooptime

26th - School Council

September

6th - 3/4 Tabloid Sports

9th - P-2 Photo Trail

9th - 11th - 5/6 Camp

13th - Preps: Casey Safety

Village

20th - Term Ends 2.30

3/4 Ski Trip Fun was had by all at the snow at Lake Mountain. What a wonderful experience learning to ski and playing in the snow. Thank you to Miss Hollingsworth and Mr Devisser.

Happy Principal’s

Day

August is the time

that we formally

acknowledge the

huge contribution

Mrs Messerle and

Mrs Hobbis make to

the school team.

Thank you.

School Captain’s Report

Prep: This week the Preps learnt about the letter ‘W’.

We continued writing and publishing our rhyming

poems. In I.S we looked at our 5 senses. We loved

celebrating our 100 days of school– we made glasses,

crowns and party food. It was the best day!

1/2: In 1/2 we’ve continued our work on counting patterns. We’re learning to edit our

own writing so that we can publish our writing about camp. In reading we’re

sequencing events. Through Integrated Studies we’ve been learning about sight.

3/4: This week in 3/4 we have been exploring Haikus. In reading we discussed how to

infer and how we gather information based on prior knowledge.

5/6: This week we continued reading our class novel and completed several activities

to deepen our comprehension. We learnt how to add and convert fractions. Our Round

Robin sport’s day was a great success and we all had a fun day.

School Council Report:

We are now well in to Term 3 and starting to think about our direction in 2020. The school executive

and school council use a number of resources to aid in planning decisions. Amongst these are the

student and parent opinion surveys. Students in grades 4 -6 are surveyed to gauge their views on

topics such as learning at LPPS, social issues and community engagement. It was pleasing to see that

the majority of students enjoy coming to school and are engaged in their learning.

Parent opinion surveys have been distributed and, at the time this was written, 28 responses have

been received. The parent opinion survey is your chance to voice your opinion on our school and

provide feedback on a range of topics, whether positive or negative. Previous feedback on a need

for improved communication between the school and families led to the implementation of Com-

pass, the purchase and installation of the new electronic signage on Carter St and the creation of a

LPPS Facebook page. If you were selected to complete the parent opinion survey and have not yet

completed it, there is still time to get your response in before they close.

LPPS is conscious of the fast moving pace of technology and the need to invest in programs that will

give our students a solid foundation for the future. Senior students have recently had a coding incur-

sion and the finance committee has approved spending on products and programs to build on the

student’s understanding of coding and associated technologies. Not only will this be beneficial to all

students as they move through their studies, it also encourages non-linear thinking and problem

solving skills.

By Gemma Wynd

Student Awards

Name Award

00M Annabelle L

Evie R

Molly K

For wonderful recount on the 100 days of school!

An excellent mental picture!

For publishing her poetry to a high standard!

3/4F Lara S

Phoebe D

For being the coding queen.

For being a good helper.

3/4M Grace B

Kaia W

For writing some excellent Limericks.

For excellent long division skills.

Technology

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Celebration Time

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OSHC

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Experienced Propagator

Carawah Nursery (Hoddles Creek) is looking for an experienced plant Propagator. With an

ever-increasing demand and a constantly growing business, our orders are stretching our

resources. We need someone who firstly has the right attitude, a good work ethic and can

work in a team environment and on occasions work individually.

You will be required to perform many skills within the nursery business, including but not

limited to propagation of cuttings, tubing/potting up struck cuttings and sticking cuttings.

This position is offered as a full-time position. Propagation experience essential and willing-

ness to learn Carawah Nurseries systems required.

If this sounds like the right job for you, please call Alyssa or Grant on 03 59674244, or email

admin@carawahnursery.com.au and attach resume.

PARENT OPINION SURVEY

Many families will have received notification that they have

been randomly selected to participate in the 2019 Parent

Opinion Survey. This annual survey offered by the Department

of Education and Training is completely anonymous. The assistance of fami-

lies in completing the survey is greatly appreciated. The Parent Opinion Sur-

vey helps us to gain an understanding of parents’ perceptions of school cli-

mate, student behaviour and student engagement.

So far we have had a 23% response rate. 115 survey invitations were

distributed with 26 responses completed.

We ask that you please set aside 15 minutes to complete the survey. It can be

accessed at any convenient time on your laptop, smart phone

or tablet. The survey results will be reported back to our

school in September. We thank you for your participation and

feedback.

The survey closes on Sunday 11th August